Yoga With Kaity
2323 Palliser Drive SW T2W3J2 Calgary, AB, Canada

A poem for the One, to express my deepest gratitude; My deepest gratitude and thanks to the One who keeps the Sun and the Moon above Me. . The One who whispers playfully through the trees, carrying change on endless winds, the endless winds that gently caress My skin in the most tender embrace, so that my lips are but reminded of their natural curves - finding their way into a whole-hearted smile. The One who bustles and teases My hair and breathes Me in as I do the same. ... The One who howls and wails in unison with My pain and sorrow, only so that I may loose them to be transmuted for better uses. The One who softly fells the water from above, cleansing, healing, renewing, every last bit of Me from the inside out & the outside in. Bringing death & destruction so that rebirth may follow, cradled in its inevitable wake. The One who washes away pain & sorrow one by one, once again transmuting them to better uses. The One who yields the solar fire, only to wield it upon those who are ready to endure the flames of Truth. The One who is felt beneath my feet, between my toes as the soft sweet earth that stands Me upright. The one who again, takes My pent up energy, only to ground me to right-use-nous to this never-endingness, all enduringness of this sacred temple we call Earth. This One, is One in the same Do You Know the name? Can You fan the flame? Allow Allow Allow #writtenbyme #writtenbykaity See more

Fire- the element of transformation . The single difference in being destroyed by the fire or refined by it is how You respond to the fire. . It is only when we fight it, agonize over the Why of it, the unfairness it, that we become sucked down into the unhealthy energies and lower frequencies of self-destructive patterns that may turn us into something we don’t wish to become.... In essence, when we attempt to control the carving process in our own way, we will make a mess of it and be damaged for it. . Surrender to the process Allow Step into the fire of Self discovery It will not burn You It will only burn what You are not See more

The battle is lost and won in the mind. . Always through the art of Discipline . Discipline is an art:... The art of facing infinity without flinching, NOT because we are ‘strong & tough’, but because we are filled with awe . I don’t mean waking up at five-thirty every morning to throw cold water on yourself until you’re blue, in a vain effort to ‘make’ yourself ‘stronger’ ‘tougher’. No . You must understand discipline as the capacity to face with serenity, odds which are not included in our expectations. . To meet life and all that it encompasses with a mind that has been crafted with care, with an inner silence that is impenetrable. . Impenetrable to the foreign thoughts that are not our own. So that You may be certain there is no mind of foreign origin to lead you astray. . What is the Real Mind that belongs to You when You strip away all of the thoughts that are not Your own? Who are You really? What are You really? Are you your thoughts? Are you this body? How do You come to Know the thoughts that truly belong to You? . You will arrive here by Your effort alone. And always through the art of Discipline. See more

Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself. . The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be .... The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be . The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be . Therefore the Master says: I let go of the law, and people become honest . I let go of economics, and people become prosperous . I let go of religion and people become serene . I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass . If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest . If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and crafty . When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results . Try to make people happy, and you lay the groundwork for misery . Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice . Thus the Master is content to serve as an example and not to impose her will . She is pointed, but doesn't pierce. Straightforward, but supple . Radiant, but easy on the eyes . If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to . If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve . Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand. -An excerpt from the Tao Te King See more

A quiet mind is all You need. All else will happen rightly, once Your mind is quiet. As the sun on rising makes the world active, so does Self-awareness affect changes in the mind. In the light of calm and ... steady Self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on Your part . . . . . . . . . . . . #heartwisdom #yogabeyondasana #beyondasana #journeytothecenteroftheearth #aswithinsowithout #asabovesobelow #KnowThyself #knowthyselffirst #knowyourself #followthepath #journeywithin #embracethejourney #embracehealing #embracelove #honouryourself #honourthejourney #trusttheprocess #selfknowledge #selfhealing #shadowwork #lookinwithin #alltheworldsastage #honouryourshadowside #innerpeace #lovewisdom #searchfortruth

The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao . The name that can be named is not the eternal name . The unnamable is the eternally real... Naming is the origin of all particular things . Free from desire, you realize the mystery Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations . Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source This source is called darkness . Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding . The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like the eternal void: filled with infinite possibilities . It is hidden but always present. I don't know who gave birth to it. It is older than God . The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners . The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center. . The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two gives birth to Three. Three gives birth to all things. . All things have their backs to the female and stand facing the male. When male and female combine, all things achieve harmony . Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe . Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away. Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation . Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine. . Let it be present in your family and your family will flourish. . Let it be present in your country and your country will be an example to all countries in the world. . Let it be present in the universe and the universe will sing. . How do I know this is true? By looking inside Myself. If you want to be a great leader, you must learn to follow the Tao. . Stop trying to control. See more

. Lazy Sunday literature to ponder... . ‘Know Thyself and You will know the Universe and the Gods’ .... ‘I warn You, whoever You are, Oh! You who want to probe the arcana of nature, that if You do not find within Yourself that which You are looking for, You shall not find it outside either! If You ignore the excellences of Your own house, how do You pretend to find other excellencies? Within You is hidden the treasure of treasures! Know Thyself and You will know the Universe and the Gods’ -The Oracle of Delphi See more

It came like a thief in the night. Grief. It came It stole my breath away It stole my heart away and squeezed all but the smallest shred of hope from me... It lurked in the darkness of my room at night and swallowed all the light out of life It took and it took and it took until there was nothing left to take It danced with sadness and anger for a long long while It felt all consuming Never ending in its totality And then one day it was gone And the light returned If you take but one thing, Know this. I promise you that one day grief will leave, But not until the pain has brought you to your knees, And demand You rise to meet Her. See more

Sunday’s are for poetry & flowers. I wish you could smell this lovely peony from my garden. If If you can keep your head when all about you... Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dreamand not make dreams your master; If you can thinkand not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make a heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kingsnor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, Andwhich is moreyou'll be a Man, my son! -Rudyard Kipling

WHO ARE YOU WHEN YOU CAN’T SERVE? When You can’t work, can’t give? Who are you when you have nothing left to give to anyone, nothing left to give to yourself? What is left when all you can do is rest? Can you love yourself in great physical discomfort?... Can you love yourself in great emotional turmoil? Can you love yourself in long long periods of non-productivity? Can you love yourself when your physical body changes beyond all recognition? Can you lift the veil & allow all of your belief systems of how you thought your life *should* be, unravel, collapse and begin anew? Can you allow yourself to become untethered from All that you *thought* you new, from all that you held dear? Can you let your loved ones walk away, turn away, leave, because they simply don’t understand? Can you be so utterly alone and yet not lonely? Can you honour You truth & embrace Your path, even when everyone tells you it’s the wrong way? Embrace your process, even when it doesn’t look how You *think* is should look. Hold on when everything in you says to ‘give up, you’ll never make it, it’s not worth the pain & suffering’? Face your deepest darkest fears and Step into the wisdom that You *Know* that You are. I promise it’s down there, but You must dig deep to find it. Truly let everything crumble, let it All fall away, every last piece of it, and what You are left with is sacred, it’s You, who You truly are. And this is where Your journey truly begins.

I have been purposely absent for months past. Simply put, I chose to focus my energy on health & healing for the last 12 months instead of frittering it away on the external. I simply did not have anything to give, so I turned inside. The physiology of this body has presented some incredible and interesting challenges to say the least. All of which have been opportunities for immense growth, understanding and healing for who I Am and what it is I desire to offer this world. .... The way certain life events and health crises have coincided with each other have been humbling and Always bring me back to that place of Knowingness within MySelf of what is truly important and what truly matters, but only when I can first get out of my own way. . There is so much noise in the world right now, and the reason I am sharing this right now is not to ask for sympathy or attention of any kind. It has been on my heart to share some of what I’ve gone through over the past 17 years of immense imbalances surrounding my health, which has affected Every. Single. Aspect of my life in seemingly drastic ways, so that others who may be going through something similar know they are not alone and to re-mind You and myself that it all has a purpose. Embrace it. Embrace it fully. And sit with Your Self. Just Be. I will say it again, there is so much noise in the world (and there always will be), that is only too easy to get knocked off Your Center and feel disconnected, and not be able to find Your way back because the noise just keeps coming, louder and louder, so that You loose all connection with YourSelf. Knowledge and insight, true Knowingness are what will follow after... intense periods of introspection, self reflection and solitude, but only when we can get out of our own way. Trust the process, whatever it looks like & however it presents itself. The cycles that You have chosen to flow through will serve you in the deepest ways imaginable, and are inevitable in order for YourSelf to grow, so why not choose to honour and embrace them Now. Loose the distractions Get quiet And listen The answers will come And they are waiting for You in that place of sacred quiet that lies Within See more

It’s day 5 of our #AloBoutMotherEarth Challenge and I can’t believe we are already half way though this challenge! Today’s pose is any tree pose variation. . Pose List: .... Lotus Variation Waterfall Variation (legs up a wall) Butterfly Variation Mountain Variation Tree Variation Eagle Variation Camel Pose Flamingo or Bird of Paradise Deer Pose Variation Yogi’s Choice . . How to play: 1 Follow all hosts and sponsors 2 Follow allong each day’s pose by posting a photo or vid on your feed - be sure to tag #AloBoutMotherEarth , all hosts & sponsors in each post! 3 Help us spread the word by reposting this flyer & by tagging some friends to play along! 4Spread love and encouragement participants, & HAVE FUN! Participants are entered to win a $100 gift card to @aloyoga and a 6 month subscription to @alomoves . . Hosts: @kayla_countess @erikafischeryoga @shiniyogi @theparisjames @yogi_kaity @miranda.avidyogi Generous Sponsors: @aloyoga @alomoves #aloyoga #aloyogachallenge #alomoves #treepose #vriksasana #yogaoutside #mauihawaii #mauilife #mauibeach #yogachallenge #yogachallenge2020 #myyogapractice #yogapracticenotyogaperfect #yogiofinstagram #yoginilife #yoginilifestyle #yogaforlife #yogapracticedaily #yogaeveryday #beagoddess @ Kaanapali, Maui, Hi See more